Topic: Medina
AP Features | 2009-11-07 16:15:43
<div><p>The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take precautions.</p><p>The hajj, required of all able-bodied Muslims at least once in ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-02 19:00:32
<div><p>Saudi Arabia said Monday it is to vaccinate all its residents attending the hajj against swine flu, pressing ahead with plans to host millions of the world's Muslims despite a heightened pandemic alert.</p><p>The kingdom has received the first tranche of 11 million vaccine doses it has ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-10-30 20:00:50
<div><p>A second wave of swine flu has begun in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, as the death toll from A(H1N1) neared 60 just weeks before the annual hajj brings two million pilgrims to the country.</p><p>"The ministry of health said a second wave of ...
Reuters | 2009-09-23 19:16:44
Atletico Madrid's Cleber Santana celebrates his goal with teammate Jose Manuel Jurado during their Spanish First Division soccer match against Almeria at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid September 23, 2009. REUTERS/Juan Medina (SPAIN SPORT SOCCER)
